Tag: Sovereign Professional

On surviving and thriving in a Covid world

Ground down by lockdown? You could look at this as the ultimate Stoic test and attempt to live by the maxim:

It isn’t the things themselves that disturb people, but the judgements that they form about them.”

In other words, like it or not, how we respond to things we can’t control is a choice. Nicholas Bate, as ever, has wise and pithy words, here and here and here

Covid Career Goals, 7

1. To be measured by the value you create not just the time you put in.

5. To be constantly learning. Especially through mistakes.

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Let it go – ancient advice for modern times

We find ourselves in vexed and vexatious times. Let it go.

Stop fretting and stressing over things you can’t control.

It isn’t the things themselves that disturb people, but the judgements that they form about them.

Epictetus (c.50 – 135), Handbook (5)

So…

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Craftspeople, paths and time – @thisisseth

Seth Godin posts a couple of considerations for independents.

Firstly, on time and deadlines

It’s amazing how much slack people will give you if you’re proactive about what you see and what you know. No need to make promises you can’t keep, and no need to hide from the promises you’ve made.

Secondly on the different strategies available, along with the consequences…

1. Honor the noise in your head.

2. Embrace your market.

3. Stay busy.

Two pithy posts worth a deep ponder. Read them here and here.

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Echoes through time: an untroubled retreat

Men seek for seclusion in the wilderness, by the seashore, or in the mountains – a dream you have cherished only too fondly yourself. But such fancies are wholly unworthy of a philosopher, since at any moment you can choose to retire within yourself. Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul; above all, he who possesses resources in himself, which he need only contemplate to secure immediate ease of mind – the ease that is but another word for a well-ordered spirit. Avail yourself often, then, of this retirement, and so continually renew yourself.

Marcus Aurelius (AD 120 – 180), Meditations (4.3)

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